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Nekfeu, whose real name is Ken Samaras, was taken into custody last week as part of investigations into rape, sexual assault and habitual violence against a spouse reported by his ex-partner, before being released. The rapper has been embroiled in a long-term conflict with his ex-partner. The Paris prosecutor's office [...]

Donald Trump spoke very amicably to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday, boasting of "a lot of progress" in the difficult trade talks between their two countries, but without offering any concrete concessions. "I liked him from the start and we have a good relationship. We have a normal [...]

Amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, Britain, Australia, Canada, and Portugal have officially recognised Palestine as a state, with France, Belgium and other countries poised to follow suit at the UN General Assembly. But what does official statehood mean for the people of this region? Two years into [...]

Several countries have recently agreed to add their names to the list of nations — the majority of UN member states — that have already recognized the state of Palestine on the borders of June 4, 1967. On Sunday, the UK, Canada, Australia and Portugal became the latest to do [...]

PARIS: Britain, Australia and Canada on Sunday recognised a Palestinian state after nearly two years of war in the Gaza Strip, with France, Belgium and other countries poised to follow suit at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Here is an overview of diplomatic recognition of the state, [...]

Britain, Australia, Canada and Portugal on Sunday recognised a Palestinian state after nearly two years of war in Gaza, with France, Belgium and other countries poised to follow suit at the UN General Assembly. The count includes Britain and Canada -- the first G7 countries to do so --, Australia [...]

European leaders are pushing for Ukraine to be a part of negotiations between the United States and Russia, ahead of talks between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. The two leaders will meet in the US state of Alaska Friday to try to resolve the three-year war, but the European [...]

Accord Plasma B.V., a subsidiary of Intas Pharmaceuticals, has announced the execution of an agreement to acquire 100% of Prothya Biosolutions Belgium BV and each of its subsidiaries, a leading plasma-derived medicinal products (PDMP) business based primarily in the Netherlands and Belgium. Subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including regulatory clearances, [...]

In the 1960s, the US, Belgium and a pliant UN helped overthrow Patrice Lumumba whose ideas of African unity and independence were seen as dangerous by the West. On February 19, 1961, thousands of people gathered in New Delhi to protest the murder of the young leader of the Democratic [...]

La Hulpe, Belgium - 11 August 2025, 7:00 p.m. CEST - Banqup Group SA, formerly Unifiedpost Group SA, (Euronext: BANQ) (Banqup, Company), a leading provider of integrated business communications solutions, today announced the completion of the sale of its UK print operations to the Managing Director of the UK business. [...]

The Trump administration’s plans to incinerate $9.7 million in birth control pills and other contraceptives stored in a Belgian warehouse have left European governments struggling as they try to prevent the destruction. When the Trump administration abruptly defunded and dismantled the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, earlier [...]

The 50-stop journey would take around 19 hours in total Trains travelling through the night at 100mph could connect Ostend in Belgium with the Slovakian capital, Bratislava, by next year. Leo Express, the Czech-based subsidiary of the Spanish national operator, Renfe, has filed plans for a sleeper train that would call at Brussels, [...]

A fire of exceptional intensity has swept through 16,000 hectares in Aude, leaving one person dead and several injured, including both civilians and firefighters. Several towns had to be partially evacuated, and a large emergency response operation is underway on the ground.

Youssef Hammad, 35, a Palestinian from Gaza who fled conflict in his country and migrated to Belgium, and his daughter Ellia Hammad, 5, walk together Groenhove bos national forest in Torhout, Belgium, July 11, 2025. \"Ten years on, because of the uncertainty and wars in my country, I feel a responsibility to prioritize my family over personal desires,\" Hammad said. Taking any job available, he eventually became a supervisor at a textile factory and also works as a waiter on weekends and does freelance translation at police stations and migrant centers. He still dreams of pursuing a PhD and becoming an academic, and he ran in the local elections and finished in third place.

Steluța Lucia Rodica Coposu, sister of former post-communist opposition leader Corneliu Coposu, was the president of the Corneliu Coposu Foundation in Romania and an active member of the Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚCD) in Romania, has passed away at the age of 92, the foundation announced in a message posted [...]

A 59-year-old truck driver charged in connection with a €2.1 million drug seizure in Cork is “maintaining his innocence” in the matter, a court has heard. Robert Slivar of no fixed abode, but formerly of Ivanic in Croatia, appeared before a special sitting of Cork District Court last Saturday. He [...]

Former Romanian President Ion Iliescu – one of the most influential yet controversial political figures of post-communist Romania – died on August 5 at 3:55 PM, at the SRI Hospital in Bucharest. He was 95 years old. Despite his notoriety, his biography remains a source of frustration for historians, with major gaps obscuring key aspects of his life.

Britain entered World War I after declaring war on Germany on August 4, 1914. This was a direct response to Germany’s invasion of Belgium, a neutral country whose independence Britain had pledged to protect under the 1839 Treaty of London. On this day in 1944, Anne Frank was captured along [...]

The Ardennes Classics culminate with a Monument in Belgium on Sunday April 27 – here are the details on how to watch Liège-Bastogne-Liège online, on TV and from anywhere. Watch the Donostia San Sebastián Klasiko, also known as the Clásica San Sebastián, on Saturday August 2, 2025. UAE Team Emirates-XRG feature [...]

Visayas State University has been chosen as the only Asian university to advance to Stage 2 of a highly competitive global academic partnership program. This places VSU in the company of other top institutions from the Global South, including South Africa, Ethiopia, and Peru, in a program that supports long-term [...]